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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SEBA BOGERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SLEEVE-BUTTON.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 4 l ,191, dated January 12, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEBA BoGEItT, of the ,.city, county, and State of New York, have in- Vented a new and Improved Fastening for Sleeve and other Buttons; and l do hereby declare that the following is a lull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a back view of a sleevebutton with my improved fastening'. Fig. 2 is a central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a back view of the slide which secures the bar in po sition to fasten the sleeve '.r other part of a gtrment.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending partsin the several tgures.

This invention consists in a novel mode of applying a sliding catch, a guide, and a spring, in combination with the tongue or shank which passes throughthe holes in the garment and with the head of the button whereby the fastening is made. very secure, strong, and easy of operation.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct my improved fastening, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

Ais thchead ofthebuttominade of any form and design and having the tongue or shank, B attached to its back by ahinge, b. This tongue or shank extends nearly across the back, and is bent near the hinge and near its opposite end to give it a suitable form to pass through the two eyelet-holes provided in the sleeve for its reception and to lie snugly against the inside of the sleeve, and it is formed at the opposite end to the hinge with a beveled hook, a, the point of which turns inward, and with a notch, c, at the back oi' the said point.

C is the sliding catch, which secures the tonguel or shank B in thc closed condition (showninFig.2)forfasteningthesleeve. '.rhis catch consists of a flat parallel sided plate, which is slotted longitudinally in such manner as to form a central pin, d, and has also provided in it a slot, e, of sufficient length and width for the passage through it of the hook c and it is furnished with a little knob or projection, f, for convenience of operating it. rlhe said catch is tted to slide longitudinally in a, guide-plate, D, which is secured across the back ot' the head A, between the latter and the tongue B. The guide-plate has a slot, g, in its back for the admission ot' the spiral spring l1, which is placed upon the pin d of the catch, and which is confined between one end of the slot g and the two bearings formed upon the catch at the base of the pin d, and which tends to press the catch in the direction of the arrow (shown in Fig. 2) far enough to permit the edge i, Fig. 3, at the inner end of the slot g to enter the notch c in the tongue B when the hook a has been pressed through the said slot g. The tongue B is made with shoulders j j at the back of the hook a', which prevents it from passing farther through the catch C than is necessary and causes the said catch to stop it in the proper position for fastening the garment (shown in black outline in Fig. 2.)

To apply the button, the head A is taken hold of between the thumb and finger, and the thumb-nail pressed against the knob or projectionf to press in the catch C far enough to remove the edge t' from the notch c of the tongue, and the tongue is then pulled back from the head, as shown in red outlinein Fig. 2, by the thumb and finger of the other hand, so that it can be inserted through the holes in the sleeve. When the tongue has been inserted through both holes in the sleeve, the head A is pressed down upon it and the hook c, entering the slot ein the catch, presses the catch inward until the point of thc said hook passes the edge t', when the catch is pressed outward by the spring and the edge i made to enter the notch c and lock the tongue. To take out the button, the head is taken hold of and the thumb-nail pressed against the knobf, Yas before described, and the head is then pulled away from the tongue to open the latter and permit it t0 be drawn out through the holes.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

The sliding catch C, guide D, and spring h, combined with each other and with the head A and the hook c and notch c on and in the tongue of the button, substantially as herein specified.

sEBA BQGERT.

Vitnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, GEO. W. REED. 

